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Tehachapi, CA, USA — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 56.7%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: May 8, 2026 at 10:22:41 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:55 am 68° East
Sunset Today: 7:45 pm 292° Northwest
Moonrise Today: 1:11 am 119° Southeast
Moonset Today: 11:16 am 243° Southwest
Daylight Hours: 13 hours, 50 minutes (+1m 44s)

Today's Sun Position in Tehachapi

Time: 10:22 pm
Altitude: -26.9°
Direction: 320° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 13h 49m 40s (May 8, 2026)

1 minute, 44 seconds longer than yesterday (May 7, 2026)

4 hours, 2 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2025)

41 minutes, 48 seconds shorter than summer solstice (Jun 20, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Tehachapi Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:19 am
Astro. Twilight 4:19 am – 4:54 am
Nautical Twilight 4:54 am – 5:28 am
Civil Twilight 5:28 am – 5:55 am
Daylight 5:55 am – 7:45 pm
Civil Twilight 7:45 pm – 8:13 pm
Nautical Twilight 8:13 pm – 8:46 pm
Astro. Twilight 8:46 pm – 9:22 pm
Night 9:22 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Tehachapi - Next 7 Days

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2026 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
May Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. mi
May 8 5:55 am 7:45 pm 13:49:40 +1:44 12:50 pm (72.1°) 93.823
May 9 5:54 am 7:46 pm 13:51:23 +1:42 12:50 pm (72.4°) 93.846
May 10 5:53 am 7:46 pm 13:53:04 +1:41 12:50 pm (72.7°) 93.868
May 11 5:53 am 7:47 pm 13:54:44 +1:39 12:50 pm (72.9°) 93.889
May 12 5:52 am 7:48 pm 13:56:22 +1:38 12:50 pm (73.2°) 93.911
May 13 5:51 am 7:49 pm 13:57:58 +1:36 12:50 pm (73.4°) 93.932
May 14 5:50 am 7:50 pm 13:59:33 +1:34 12:50 pm (73.7°) 93.952
* All times are local time for Tehachapi. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Tehachapi

Year 2026 Moon Phases

Moon in Tehachapi - Next 7 days

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2026 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
May Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (mi) Illumination
May 8 1:11 am 11:16 am - 6:11 am (31.9°) 248,101 63.1%
May 9 1:44 am 12:18 pm - 6:58 am (36.3°) 245,352 53.1%
May 10 2:14 am 1:20 pm - 7:43 am (41.6°) 242,006 42.7%
May 11 2:41 am 2:23 pm - 8:27 am (47.6°) 238,216 32.4%
May 12 3:07 am 3:27 pm - 9:12 am (54.1°) 234,239 22.4%
May 13 3:34 am 4:35 pm - 9:59 am (60.9°) 230,370 13.6%
May 14 4:03 am 5:46 pm - 10:49 am (67.6°) 226,967 6.5%
* All times are local time for Tehachapi. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Tehachapi This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Fri, May 8, 2026
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Sat 5:40 am Sat 7:17 pm Sat 12:28 pm Difficult to see
Venus Sat 7:37 am Sat 10:12 pm Sat 2:54 pm Good visibility
Mars Sat 4:44 am Sat 5:36 pm Sat 11:10 am Slightly difficult to see
Jupiter Fri 10:04 am Sat 12:22 am Fri 5:13 pm Fairly good visibility
Saturn Sat 4:16 am Sat 4:31 pm Sat 10:24 am Average visibility
Uranus Sat 6:35 am Sat 8:39 pm Sat 1:37 pm Extremely difficult to see
Neptune Sat 3:56 am Sat 4:01 pm Sat 9:58 am Very difficult to see
* All times are local time for Tehachapi.

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